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04-11-2011, 04:53 PM
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#26 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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pretty much.
but i STRONGLY suggest you either use VLAN's to separate your in-house PC's from your public wifi, or get a switch to put between your router/modem and run 2 routers, one for public, one for internal PC's.
Generally the first thing i do when i'm bored in the hotel/airport on a work trip is sit on the public wifi and cause mischeif. I don't have any malicious intent, but there are alot of people that do.
I had to wait 2 hours for a delayed flight in winnipeg... found an HP printer someone had set up on the wireless network in the airport and spent the next hour printing off jokes from the NSFW thread.  | 
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04-12-2011, 12:51 AM
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#27 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by Jeremy617  but i STRONGLY suggest you either use VLAN's to separate your in-house PC's from your public wifi, or get a switch to put between your router/modem and run 2 routers, one for public, one for internal PC's. | from what your saying is that i would connect a switch from the ISP modem, then 2 routers connected to the switch.. 1 router for hotel staff and 1 for the guests..
from my understanding that connecting routers to routers are bad, but if i turn off the DHCP on the upper floor routers, this wouldnt cause any problems and it would sort of act as a switch, correct? would like to confirm so i dont need to rebuy un-necessary gear.
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04-12-2011, 01:27 AM
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#28 | | Got MOD?
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If you're gonna split from the ISP make sure they provide at least 2 ip addresses.
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04-12-2011, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo from my understanding that connecting routers to routers are bad, but if i turn off the DHCP on the upper floor routers, this wouldnt cause any problems and it would sort of act as a switch, correct? would like to confirm so i dont need to rebuy un-necessary gear. | No, it's not inherently bad. What you need to be careful of is having two or more separate DHCP servers on the same LAN. If you connect them properly, you CAN chain routers. And yes, it is a little more work to set up and configure, but the way I'm describing it, can simplify management and troubleshooting in the long run by segregating each floor into its own isolated LAN.
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04-12-2011, 08:06 AM
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#30 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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there are much better ways of determining what access point a device is associated with than relying on separate networks for different floors. I don't really see how that simplifies management.
Yes you can use routers as switches/AP's, you just need to disable DHCP.
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04-12-2011, 10:39 AM
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thats what im going to try first, is to disable the DHCP first on all the routers on the upper floor, reconnect all the cables properly and see where this takes me...
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